Original article: https://aralroca.com/blog/etiketai I’d like to tell you why I made Etiketai, a tool that makes it easier to train image recognition AI models (ImageNet, YOLO and its variants) from any device ensuring security. A little bit of context When we want to directly use existing image recognition models such as ImageNet, COCO-ssd or YOLO…

Original article: https://aralroca.com/blog/first-steps-webassembly-rust We’ll see how to run native code in the browser, doing faster web applications, being able to reuse old code like retro videogames, and at the same time learning the future of web development. What is WebAssembly? In all current browsers, there is a JavaScript engine that interprets and executes…

Original article: https://aralroca.com/blog/how-to-draw-gears-in-webgl In this article we continue what we started in “First steps in WebGL”, where we saw what it is and how it works internally: the shaders, the program, buffers, how to link data from CPU to GPU, and finally how to render a triangle. …

Original post: https://aralroca.com/blog/static-readme-regeneration GitHub has recently introduced a “secret” feature to show a markdown template on your profile page. You may have heard about this. All you need to do is create a repo named with your username and create the README.md file there. When we think of a template…

Original post: https://aralroca.com/blog/first-steps-in-webgl In this article, we’ll see what WebGL is and how to draw a triangle by talking to the graphics processing unit (GPU). Although this simple example could be solved in better ways, such as using a canvas with a 2d context or even with CSS, what we…

Original article: https://aralroca.com/blog/cat-dog-classifier This is a small tutorial to implement an application that predicts if it’s a cat or a dog image. To do this we’ll use Tensorflow.js to make the prediction directly on the browser. I recommend reading this other article where I introduce Tensorflow.js. However, after this, you’ll…

Original article: https://aralroca.com/blog/discovering-snowpack In today’s article, we’ll do some exploring to see what Snowpack is and what are its advantages. In the last few months, I’ve heard a lot of talk about Snowpack and I hadn’t given it a chance. The time has come.

Original article: https://aralroca.com/blog/from-node-to-deno Last week I published an article about Deno, and how to create a Chat app with Deno and Preact. Since then, many doubts have arisen. Mostly of them are about how to do the same thing we did in Node, but with the new Deno ecosystem. I’ve…

Original article: https://aralroca.com/blog/pagination-badges The purpose of this short article is to share a helper function to create typical paging badges. I have used this helper on several places and I think it can be useful for anyone who needs it.